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from Funafuti, and the latter from New Guinea. Other records are from 

 the Red Sea and the Liu Kiu Islands. Seven specimens were collected 

 at Palmyra Island. 



Tribe STENOPIDES 

 Family STENOPIDAE 



Stenopus Kispidus (Olivier). 



Slcnotus Insipidus Rathbun, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 20. pt. 2. p. 99, 1900. 



The species ranges through the Indian Ocean and from the Balabac 

 Passage, the coasts of Borneo and the Philippines to the China Sea and 

 eastward to the Tuamotus and northward to Hawaii. The species also 

 has a wide distribution in the Atlantic ranging from the Bermudas to 

 the Bahamas, the Dry Tortugas and southeastward through the West 

 Indies as far as St. Lucia. One specimen was collected at Palmyra Island. 



Tribe PENEIDES 

 Family SERGESTIDAE 



Leucifer reynaudi Milne Edwards. 



Lucifer reynaudi Dana, U. S. Expl. Exped., vol. 13, Crust., p. 672, 1852; pi. 45. 

 figs. 1 a-d. 1855. 



The species has a very wide distribution, being known from numerous 

 localities in the tropical Atlantic, and many records from the Indian 

 and Pacific Oceans include the Mergui Archipelago, the Philippines, New 

 Hebrides, Funafuti and Fiji. Two specimens were taken in the tow from 

 the surface waters of the lagoon at Fanning Island. 



Order STOMATOPODA 

 Family CHLORIDELIDAE 



Pseudosquilla ciliata Miers. 



Pseudosquitla ciliata Miers, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5), vol. 5, p. 108, pi. 3. 

 figs'. 7, 8, 1880. 



The species has a wide distribution in the tropical Atlantic, ranging 

 from the Bahamas to the Florida Keys and Porto Rico. It is also known 

 from Mauritius and the Red Sea through the Indian and Pacific Oceans to 

 Hawaii where it is a common form. One specimen was collected at 

 Palinyra Island. 



